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Topic Review (Newest First)

04-19-2011 07:51 PM

JonC

The old dubbed fur patterns in conjunction with hackle and wings have a tendency to trap tiny bubbles of air which sparkle like little globules of silver, which, coincidentally imitates an emerging insect. This is especially true with rough dubbing like hair's ear.
Jon

04-19-2011 12:55 PM

9wt

Exactly. Flies look much the same in water as in the air - as long as they are not moving. Once you swing them in a current or retrieve them, they slim down (and wiggle).
Another thing a lot of people forget is that food items (insects, small fish) look glossy when you take them out of the water but in the water they are matt. Of course, the flash from a varnished or epoxied artificial may attract a predator's attention so they still work. I just wonder whether those old dubbed fur patterns work because they are matt and look more natural underwater.

04-18-2011 05:50 PM

tight-lines

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Miller

Pretty much as it doeswhen dry.

When in the water a fly will fluff like when dry in the air. (this is why marabou is such a great material...it has lots of volumn and life in the water))

It is when you take a wet fly and hold it in the air....that it looks different.
(took me a while to understand that)

Damn good point..... never thoughht of it quite like that

04-17-2011 07:01 PM

juro

Marabou's wet nothing profile casts great too

04-17-2011 04:01 PM

Jim Miller

Pretty much as it doeswhen dry.

When in the water a fly will fluff like when dry in the air. (this is why marabou is such a great material...it has lots of volume and life in the water))

It is when you take a wet fly and hold it in the air....then it looks different.
(took me a while to understand that)